1. When a celebrity does things that are rude, borderline illegal, or in poor taste and their fans defend the poor choices even when the celebrity has apologized. Many of the fans threaten people who speak out against the bad actions of their hero or repeat the actions, taking them even more to the extreme.
2. When clickbait goes wrong and has negative social consequences.
Person 1: Wtf! That 14 year old just yelled "Boonk" and stole my car and crashed it!
Person 2: Ugh. Boonk Gang fan.
Person 1: But that Boonk guy never crashed anything! What am I gonna do?
Person 2: Fan escalation...That's The Logan Paul Effect, my friend.
making fun of something that happened years ago against making fun of something that recently happened
"stupid e-whore got beheaded! fucking owned xD"
"it just fucking happened dude whats wrong with you?!?!"
"so its okay for me to make fun of 9/11 but not this?"
"yeah bro"
9/11 Effect
when two gay best friends feel really horny together and they expess it in public
ryan: hey morgan i really like you saying genital wart morgan: i know baby call me a first gen console. this is the ryan and morgan effect
The Steve Lacy Effect is a phenomenon festering on TikTok that leaves trending music with little substance in the long run.
No one singing bro's song on stace, he suffering from the Steve Lacy Effect
In cooking; The process of the white part of an egg getting loose in a pan of water and flowing around like in a circular motion as Stevie Nicks does with her flowing dresses going around in circles during performances.
While stirring a poach egg, the white part began flowing loosly in a circular motion and created the Stevie Nicks Effect
The after effect of playing Guitar Hero for so long that everything looks like they're moving up.
Bob: I played Guitar Hero so much that everything moved up.
Josh: Dude you got the Guitar Hero Effect.
When you hit a dead end and have to finally face your problems more head on.
- Dude why did Rachel become an alcoholic?
- Classic cornered rat effect